import { CommandInteraction, GuildMember, TextChannel } from "discord.js";

/**
 * shuffles an array
 * https://stackoverflow.com/a/2450976/2856416
 * @param array an array
 * @returns an array but shuffled
 */
export function shuffle(array: any[]) {
    let currentIndex = array.length,  randomIndex;

    // While there remain elements to shuffle...
    while (currentIndex != 0) {

        // Pick a remaining element...
        randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * currentIndex);
        currentIndex--;

        // And swap it with the current element.
        [array[currentIndex], array[randomIndex]] = [
        array[randomIndex], array[currentIndex]];
    }

    return array;
}



export class errorMessage {
    public msg: string;
    public ephemeral: boolean;

    constructor(msg: string, ephemeral: boolean = true) {
        this.msg = msg;
        this.ephemeral = ephemeral;
    }
}

/**
 * a simple class to contain an error message and related data
 * @param msg error message
 * @param ephemeral (default=true)
 * @returns new errorMessage
 */
export const emsg = (msg: string, ephemeral: boolean = true) => new errorMessage(msg, ephemeral);






export type queueInfo = {
    players: GuildMember[],
    initiator: {
        interaction: CommandInteraction,
        member: GuildMember
    },
    teamsize: number,
    timeout: NodeJS.Timeout
}

/**
 * get the GuildMember of an interaction
 * @param interaction 
 * @throws errorMessage class if it cannot be read
 * @returns member
 */
export function getMember(interaction: CommandInteraction): GuildMember {
    let member = interaction.member;

    if (!(member instanceof GuildMember))
        throw emsg('Unable to retrieve guild member information, please try again');

    return member;
}

/**
 * get the TextChannel of an interaction
 * @param interaction 
 * @throws errorMessage class if it cannot be read
 * @returns member
 */
export function getChannel(interaction: CommandInteraction): TextChannel {
    let channel = interaction.channel;

    if (!(channel instanceof TextChannel))
        throw emsg('Unable to retrieve text channel information, please try again');

    return channel;
}